Antonyms for few
| Grammar : Adj, pron |
| Spell : fyoo |
| Phonetic Transcription : fyu |
Definition of few
Origin :- Old English feawe (plural; contracted to fea) "few, seldom, even a little," from Proto-Germanic *faw-, from PIE root *pau- (1) "few, little" (cf. Latin paucus "few, little," paullus "little," parvus "little, small," pauper "poor;" Greek pauros "few, little," pais (genitive paidos) "child;" Latin puer "child, boy," pullus "young animal;" Oscan puklu "child;" Sanskrit potah "a young animal," putrah "son;" Old English fola "young horse;" Old Norse fylja "young female horse;" Old Church Slavonic puta "bird;" Lithuanian putytis "young animal, young bird"). Always plural in Old English.
- Phrase few and far between attested from 1660s. Unusual ironic use in quite a few "many" (1883), earlier a good few (1828). The noun is late 12c., fewe, from the adjective.
- Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. [Winston Churchill, 1940]
- adj hardly any
- pron scarcely any
- They were both silent for a few moments; and Eudora's countenance was troubled.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Here we see but a few of the last links, and those imperfectly.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- So small was it that to have gone a few feet to either side would have been to miss it.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I shall be staying with Aunt Cornelia a few days after to-morrow.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Or, if I'd only got tied up in some way for a few weeks—something I could tide over.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- You will probably see me out again in a few days, if you take the trouble to look.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I can get along for a few hours, and then I'll have a doctor look at it.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I could keep only the effect of its expression and the few tones of your voice I heard.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "Too bad she ain't got a few more millions," said Uncle Peter, ruminantly.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- After all, there are certain things that you can't tell in too few words.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
Synonyms for few
- exiguous
- few and far between
- imperceptible
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- infrequent
- insufficient
- lean
- less
- meager
- middling
- minor
- minority
- minute
- negligible
- not many
- not too many
- occasional
- paltry
- petty
- piddling
- rare
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- scarcely any
- scattered
- scattering
- seldom
- semioccasional
- several
- short
- skimpy
- slender
- slight
- slim
- slim pickings
- small number
- smatter
- smattering
- some
- sparse
- spattering
- sporadic
- sprinkling
- stingy
- straggling
- thin
- trifling
- uncommon
- unfrequent
- widely spaced
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